…a gen Z kid with hair as wild as mines came up mystified while I was in Alias, all “…um…are these all first editions? Can I , like “afford” these books?”

I chuckled, “yeah, you’ll be fine,” or something lol.

It’s a used bookstore but that speaks to the pristine writerhead vibe of the place.

We ran into each other again later in the day. I was like “How’d it go?” & she grinned “Great!I found a good spread, even some James Baldwin.”

I laughed “Good! Because I’m a writer- when you asked ‘can I Afford these books?’ I had to stop myself from going “we can always afford books~”